Release Engineer | Consumer Devices

OpenAI; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Release Engineer to design, build, and maintain systems for reliable software delivery. This role involves managing CI/CD pipelines, automating promotion processes, and ensuring secure OTA updates across multiple components.

Ideal candidates would have experience with consumer devices and proficiency in scripting languages like Python or Bash. The company follows a hybrid work model in Los Angeles, offering relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating build and release systems for consumer devices or embedded products.
• Proficient in scripting and automation languages like Python or Bash.
• Experience with GitHub Actions or Buildkite for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate CI/CD pipelines for multi-component builds.
• Define versioning and branching strategies; automate promotions and artifact retention.
• Integrate various test results and manage flaky tests.

Skills

Building and operating build and release systems

Scripting and automation (Python or Bash)

Use of GitHub Actions or Buildkite

Managing vendor BSPs and toolchains

Delivering secure OTA or image updates

Job description

The Release Engineer team is responsible for building and maintaining the systems that power software delivery—from CI/CD pipelines and artifact management to release automation and fleet telemetry. We ensure software across bootloaders, firmware, operating systems, and cloud services is built reproducibly, validated rigorously, and released safely at scale.

About the Role

As a Release Engineer, you’ll design, build, and operate release infrastructure that enables reliable, secure, and traceable software delivery across complex multi-component systems. You’ll partner closely with embedded, cloud, and QA teams to ensure that every build—from development to OTA deployment is fast, verifiable, and production‑ready.

We’re looking for engineers who take pride in automation, build reproducibility, and system reliability—and who enjoy building the connective tissue that allows hardware and software to ship together seamlessly.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of four days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

Design and operate CI/CD pipelines for multi-component builds (bootloader, firmware, OS images, backend, companion apps) using hermetic toolchains.

Define versioning and branching strategies; automate promotions, changelogs, and artifact retention.

Integrate unit, integration, and hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) test results; quarantine flaky tests, auto‑bisect failures, and block unsafe promotions.

Build A/B OTA update flows with verity and health checks; run staged rollouts and canaries; implement safe rollback and roll‑forward strategies.

Implement code signing for binaries and firmware, generate SBOMs, run vulnerability scanning, and attach build attestations and provenance.

Manage dashboards and alerts for build health, promotion latency, failure rates, and fleet update telemetry.

You might thrive in this role if you:

Have experience building and operating build and release systems for consumer devices, robotics, mobile, or embedded products.

Are proficient in scripting and automation languages such as Python or Bash.

Have experience with GitHub Actions or Buildkite, artifact registries, and reproducible toolchains.

Have experience managing vendor BSPs and toolchains.

Have delivered secure OTA or image updates with staged rollouts at scale.

Are familiar with key management and supply‑chain hardening.

Have a track record of metrics‑driven improvement and continuous optimization.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.